Black Ops Cold War Update Today April 7 Now Live for Gameplay Tweaks

Heads up, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War players! Treyarch has rolled out the Black Ops Cold War update today for April 7, and it includes gameplay-related changes! This is a server-side patch, so there’s no actual file that’s needed to be downloaded, and everything will be  applied once players connect to the servers.

Black Ops Cold War Update Today April 7 Patch Notes:

GLOBAL

Weapons

• ZRG 20mm
  • ZRG 20mm sniper rifle now available via in-game challenge or Store bundle.

UI

• Addressed an issue with UI icon visuals for the “Oni” Reticle appearing too dark in the preview.

MULTIPLAYER

Maps

• Miami Strike
  • Closed an out-of-bounds exploit area near the Parking Garage.

Scorestreaks

• RC-XD
  • Increased RC-XD damage to take down nearby enemies using Flak Jacket.

Camo Progression

• Addressed an issue where the “Science” camo category for the RPG-7 wasn’t tracking properly.
• Addressed an issue where the “Classic” camo category for the R1 Shadowhunter wasn’t tracking properly.

ZOMBIES

Stability

• Addressed a stability issue related to Ammo Mods.

Outbreak

• Stability
  • Fixed crashes related to Objectives.
  • Addressed a stability issue related to the Krasny Soldat’s leap attack.
  • Addressed a stability issue related to the Dragon Relic.
  • Addressed a stability issue related to Wall Buys.
  • Addressed a stability issue related to the Secure Objective.
  • Added numerous stability fixes.

Dead Ops Arcade 3

• Gameplay
  • Adjusted XP rewards.
  • Slightly adjusted some rewards for life donation.
  • Adjusted time allotments for Wave 3 in the Room of Justice.
  • Addressed an issue where the Bonus Room War Store not functioning as expected.
  • Addressed an issue where the War Store wasn’t granting vehicles or a random one.
  • Addressed a co-op issue where a player wouldn’t be warped into the Room of Fate if another player was dropping into the Room of Fate on a buggy or mech at the same time.
  • Addressed an issue where various shield type objects (Barrels, Boxing Gloves, Sawblades, Tesla Balls) were not working as expected.
  • Addressed an issue where the player’s shield was not affecting the Meatball or Spider enemies as expected.
  • Addressed an issue where the Tesla Ball wasn’t working against some enemies.
• Challenges
  • Addressed an issue where the player wasn’t properly getting credited for kills while in vehicles for the “Damage Delivery” Challenge.
• Leaderboards
  • Addressed an issue where leaderboards were not updated correctly at the end of match.

Create-a-Class

• Addressed an issue that caused Optics to be automatically unlocked on the R1 Shadowhunter crossbow.

Onslaught (PS4/PS5)

• Gameplay
  • Adjusted difficulty scaling for higher Surges.
  • Adjusted spawn rate and movement speed of enemies to match other modes.
  • Added super sprinter enemies to Onslaught.

CAMPAIGN

UI

• Addressed a UI error that could appear upon selecting Player Details when using keyboard and mouse.

That’s kinda meaty for a server-side patch, no? If you also play Warzone, don’t forget, a server-side patch for the game was released by Raven Software yesterday, which you can read about here.

Source: Treyarch

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